Meanings
nounagouti (plural agoutis)
plural agoutis
- A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, mainly native to Central and South America.
Akin looked around to be certain he was unobserved, then went out to watch the agouti. He had not seen one close up before. Lilith claimed they looked like a cross between deer and rats.
1988, Octavia E. Butler, “Part II, Chapter 6”, in Adulthood Rites, page 99 - A fur containing a pattern of pigmentation in which individual hairs have several bands of light and dark pigment with black tips; any of several genes responsible for this pigmentation.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounagile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food
Similar
Dasyprocta aguti
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans agoeti, goudhaas
- agoetia rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
- goudhaasa rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Catalan agutí
- agutía rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Chinese Mandarin 刺豚鼠
- 刺豚鼠 (cìtún shǔ)a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Dutch agoeti
- agoetia rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Esperanto agutio
- agutioa rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Finnish aguti
- agutia rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
French agouti
- agoutia rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
German Aguti
- Agutia rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Hebrew אגוטי
- אגוטיa rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Italian aguti
- agutia rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Korean 아구티
- 아구티 (aguti)a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Lithuanian agutis, tikrieji agučiai
- agutisa rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
- tikrieji agučiaia rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Persian کمگوش
- کمگوش (kam-guš)a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Polish aguti złocisty
- aguti złocistya rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Portuguese cutia
- cutiaa rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Romanian aguti
- agutia rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Russian агу́ти
- агу́ти (agúti)a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Spanish agutí, añuje
- agutía rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
- añujea rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
- cotuzaa rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
- guatusaa rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
- jochi coloradoa rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
- ñequea rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
- picurea rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
- serequea rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Swedish aguti
- agutia rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Turkish aguti
- agutia rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Ukrainian агуті
- агуті (ahuti)a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with agouti
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APA
agouti. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agouti
MLA
“agouti.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agouti. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agouti,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agouti.
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